Hi so uh I know that I said I would be done with this platform, but I overreacted and didn't do my research. I've been informed that scratch isn't using AI for art, and while AI is still bad, I'm glad to know that art of anyone won't be fed into an algorithm. This is one of the main reasons I've been contemplating re-joining scratch. However, I have a few constraints, one of them being pretty big. I can't really make digital art anymore. I used to use a touchscreen Chromebook plus for all of my art, and it worked very well for me. But recently, my old Chromebook completely crashed, and I no longer have access to any of my art or my computer at all. It won't turn on. So, I replaced my old Chromebook with a brand-new MacBook. I chose this because I thought it would be compatible with procreate and an artist-grade drawing tablet with a stylus I had gotten for Christmas a few years back. Boy, was I wrong. The Macbook lacked a touchscreen, and it is also incompatible with *any* mobile apps I was hoping to get, such as procreate, as well as ibisx and whatever programs I had used before. As well, I couldn't have access to Google or scratch or anything due to parental controls that were auto-installed, so I can't use any websites. This caused me to have to abandon basically all of my socials, and now my only decent device sits collecting dust on a shelf. Right now, I'm back to using a school Chromebook without a touchscreen to make everything, which I have to give back to the district on June 12. This is literally the same device I used to make my art in 4th grade. So, I cannot post (good) art anymore, which makes me really disappointed. I'll try my best to sort this out and find a way to do art, but in general for right now, I really want to focus on state testing, obsessing over Ivan from Alien Stage, and playing Tomodatchi Life. But it makes me sad to abandon this platform so suddenly, so I will at least return commenting and interacting with projects, even if I can't really make my art right now. Also thanks for reading all that if you made it this far, I really appreciate it. :3
